2020

Ministry of Finance has published on their website a press release on the latest Income Tax changes. Download Press Release – Amendments to the IRA No. 24 of 2017  

Department of Inland Revenue has published a list of VAT Registration inactivated persons as at 20.01.2020. Download List: PDF | Excel

DRL has been abolished with effect from January 01, 2020, pending parliamentary approval for amendment to the Finance Act, No. 35 of 2018. Accordingly, financial institutions are not subject to DRL with effect from January 01, 2020. However, DRL payment for the month of December 2019 is required to be paid on or before January…

The return of Nation Building Tax (NBT) for Quarter ended with December 31, 2019, is required to furnish on or before January 20, 2020. Accordingly, any person/partnership who/which engages in the business of processing of any locally procured agricultural produce in the preparation for sale and his/its liable turnover exceeds twenty-five million (Rs. 25 Mn,)…

This bill amends section 2 of the Economic Service Charge Act, No. 13 of 2006 and the legal effect of the section as amended is to remove the Economic Service Charge from January 1, 2020. Download: English | Sinhala

This bill amends section 3 of the Nation Building Tax Act, No. 9 of 2009 and the legal effect of the section as amended is to limit the period of application of the Nation Building Tax under the said Act to the period prior to December 1, 2019. Download: English | Sinhala

Incorporation of foreign-owned companies in Sri Lanka with Registrar of Companies is temporally held until further notice (Except BOI approved companies). For more details Contact Incorporation Division 0112689208/09 – Ext 245, Direct 0112689616

Download and run the Schedule File Verifier Tool to verify your schedules (VAT/SVAT/PAYE/WHT/CIT/IIT/PIT) before submitting to IRD via E-filing. Download Link (Version – 5.3) – 14 January 2020 Guide for “How to use the schedule verification tool”

Department of Inland Revenue has published a List of VAT Registration Deactivated Persons (w.e.f. 14.01.2020). Download List: PDF | Excel

Further to the IRD Notice on “Voluntary Registration for VAT”,  Any person who wishes to continue the VAT Registration (whose Registration is inactivated) should make submission along with following documents. Application for activation of VAT Registration Request letter which should be signed by a Director (In the case of Company) or Proprietor (Sole Proprietorship) or…

Notice to Value Added Tax (VAT) Registration Inactivated Persons and General Public This is further to IRD notice published on December 27, 2019 under the caption “Inactivation of VAT Registration” As announced in the notice, VAT Registration of person of whose taxable supply has never exceeded Rs.75 million for any taxable period ended prior to…

VAT Registration of persons of whose taxable supply has never exceeded Rs.75 million for any taxable period ended prior to December 31, 2019, IRD has been inactivated VAT Registration with effect from January 01, 2020. In line with that SVAT registration of such persons will also be inactivated with effect from January 01, 2020. Therefore,…

As approved by the Cabinet of Ministers and instructed by the Ministry of Finance on December 31, 2019, pending formal amendment to the Inland Revenue Act No. 24 of 2017, WHT on service fee payable to any Resident Individual {whose payment made by any WHT Agent exceeding Rs. 50,000/- per month and deducted at 5%…

A new guideline has been prepared for the period from 01.01.2020 to 31.03.2020 and uploaded in the IRD web portal of the Department (Link) to provide instructions to the employers to deduct Withholding Tax under the PAYE Scheme, as instructed by the Ministry of Finance, (subject to formal amendment to the Inland Revenue Act, No….